TOKYO, Japan — Actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (L), accompanied by singer Masahiko Kondo (C), shakes hands with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2011. China is likely to lease giant pandas to Yagiyama Zoological Park in the city of Sendai, which was affected by the March 11 earthquake, to cheer up the children there, government sources said the same day. Kuroyanagi and Kondo presented to the premier the signatures of children who hope to see the pandas. (Kyodo)